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TEAM 

Our team include wound and skincare Expert nurses.  Our nurses have over 20 years of caring for clients with wounds, leg ulcers, chronic oedema (swelling) and some skin condition.  

Our nurses are from  background of managing clients with chronic wounds, chronic oedema,  leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and skin /dermatology condition.

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Delma Duffus-Grovell

 

Delma is the CEO of Delange Skin and Woundcare Ltd.  she is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years experience.  Delma first joined the Wandsworth NHS district nursing team in 2002 and completed a BSc Hons. Degree in Healthcare Practice (Tissue Viability) in 2008,  In 2009 Delma became a Team Leader for the District Nursing Team and has also worked as Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist for over 6 years.

 

Delma is passionate about tissue viability (wound care) and is instrumental in the running of tissue viability service in an NHS organisation.   She has also develop and run wound advisory clinics within the NHS providing a high degree of professional practice.  At present Delma contributes in the creation and facilitation of courses relating to wound management, pressure ulcers, leg ulcer and skin care for the NHS Trust and other external stakeholders.   

 

Delma coordinate and organise education programs for allied health professionals and help in providing clinical leadership in all aspect of Tissue Viability ensuring  good practice at a very professional level

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Delma holds qualifications in Leg Ulcer Management, Wound Management, Sharp Debridement and Tissue Viability.   She is an independent and Supplementary Non-Medical Prescriber (V300) with further qualifications in Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning across the lifespan.  She  holds a Masters Degree in Management Studies and is also an Associate Fellow (AFHEA). 

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Delma has further contributed in the development of the field of Tissue Viability (Wound care) by writing into academic journals such as British Nursing Journal and Journal of Community Nursing.

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Caroline Hunter
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Caroline is a Registered General Nurse with over 35 years of nursing experience. She has worked as a Tissue Viability (Wound Care) Nurse Specialist since 1999 ( over 23 years).  Caroline is passionate about tissue viability and co-ordinates the running of the tissue viability service within an inner London NHS Foundation Trust.  She developed the tissue viability service within this Trust from a one woman service to the service it is today with a team of seven specialist nurses. 

 

Caroline helped to develop wound advisory clinics , co-ordinate and organize education programs for allied health professionals these education courses include,  wound management,  pressure ulcer, leg ulcer management and lymphoedema courses.  She has written tissue viability clinical guidelines and policies for the Trust she is employed with for the local health authority in the past.

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Caroline is  involved in all aspect of wound care , but, has a particular passion in the assessment and treatment of patients with leg ulcers.  She provides clinical leadership in all aspect of Tissue Viability and ensure good practice at a very professional level (Registered with the NMC).

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Caroline holds a specialist qualification in District Nursing, Nurse prescribing short course, introduction in the management of chronic oedema, Management of Vascular Patient, Tissue Viability, sharp debridement of wounds, leg ulcer  Management and Teaching and assessing in clinical practice. 

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DAVID HAIGH

 

David worked as  both a Tissue Viability Nurse specialist and a Dermatology Nurse Specialist nurse.   David gained his RGN qualification in 1993 at Scarborough School of nursing.  In 2001 he joined the Dermatology team at huddersfield  Royal Infirmary where he gained  his BSC in professional deveopment, before moving into Barnsley Hospital to become clinical nursing lead.  In 2011 David took up  a Clinical Nurse Specialist role at the World renowned St John's Dermatology at Guy's and St Thomas'  Hospital. 

 

In 2015 he transferred to the Tissue Viability Service.  In 2021 David retired from the NHS and presently works with the homeless and offering nurse consultations in dermatology.

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In his career David has worked with the CQC for 3 years and also for 3 years prepared legal reports for clients including NHS resolution, has been published in the Journal of Community nursing and Dermatology Nursing

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